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2017-18 PAC-12 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL // YEAR IN REVIEW 36 2016-17 SEASON REVIEW PAC-12 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Nov. 14 PLAYER: Kelsey Plum, WASH FRESHMAN: Reili Richardson, ASU Nov. 21 PLAYER: Jordin Canada, UCLA FRESHMAN: Sabrina Ionescu, ORE Nov. 28 PLAYER: Chantel Osahor, WASH FRESHMAN: Sabrina Ionescu, ORE Dec.5 PLAYER: Kristen Simon, USC FRESHMAN: Minyon Moore, USC Dec. 12 PLAYER: Kelsey Plum, WASH FRESHMAN: Aarion McDonald, WASH Dec. 19 PLAYER: Sydney Wiese, OSU FRESHMAN: Ruthy Hebard, ORE Dec. 26 PLAYER: Kristine Anigwe, CAL FRESHMAN: Mikayla Pivec, OSU Jan. 2 PLAYER: Monique Billings, UCLA FRESHMAN: Chanelle Molina, WSU Jan. 9 PLAYER: Kelsey Plum, WASH FRESHMAN: Chanelle Molina, WSU Jan. 16 PLAYER: Kelsey Plum, WASH FRESHMAN: Mikayla Pivec, OSU Jan. 23 PLAYER: Chantel Osahor, WASH FRESHMAN: Ruthy Hebard, ORE Jan. 30 PLAYER: Kelsey Plum, WASH FRESHMAN: Sabrina Ionescu, ORE Feb. 6 PLAYER: Chantel Osahor, WASH FRESHMAN: Aarion McDonald, WASH Feb. 13 PLAYER: Sabrina Ionescu, ORE FRESHMAN: Sabrina Ionescu, ORE Feb. 20 PLAYER: Monique Billings, UCLA FRESHMAN: Minyon Moore, USC Feb. 27 PLAYER: Kelsey Plum, WASH FRESHMAN: Sabrina Ionescu, ORE The 2016-17 Pac-12 women's basketball historic season will be a memorable one, capped by two NCAA Wom- en's Final Four teams, national recognition across the Conference and seven WNBA picks. Here is what Pac-12 teams accomplished this season: Oregon State won its third-straight Pac-12 regular-season crown while Stanford claimed the tournament title for the 12th time. The league's coaches voted UW's Kelsey Plum the Pac-12 Player of the Year and Oregon State's Gabrielle Hanson the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year. Oregon's Sabrina Ionescu was the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year and OSU's SCott Rueck was voted the John R. Wooden Pac-12 Coach of the Year for the second time in three years. NCAA TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND (Regional) #3 UCLA 83, #13 Boise State 56 (Bridgeport) #10 OREGON 71, #7 Temple 70 (Bridgeport) #2 STANFORD 72, #15 New Mexico State 64 (Lexington) #9 CALIFORNIA 55, #8 LSU 52 (Oklahoma City) #3 WASHINGTON 91, #14 Montana State 63 (Oklahoma City) #8 ARIZONA STATE 73, #9 Michigan State 61 (Stockton) #2 OREGON STATE 56, #15 Long Beach State 55 (Stockton) SECOND ROUND (Regional) #4 UCLA 75, #5 Texas A&M 43 (Bridgeport) #10 OREGON 74, #2 Duke 65 (Bridgeport) #2 STANFORD 72, #7 Kansas State 64 (Lexington) #1 Baylor 97, #9 CALIFORNIA 63 (Oklahoma City) #3 WASHINGTON 108, #6 Oklahoma 82 (Oklahoma City) #1 South Carolina 71, #8 ARIZONA STATE (Stockton) 68 #2 OREGON STATE 64, #7 Creighton 52 (Stockton) SWEET SIXTEEN (Regional) #1 UConn 86, #4 UCLA 71 (Bridgeport) #10 OREGON 77, #3 Maryland 63 (Bridgeport) #2 STANFORD 77, #3 Texas 66 (Lexington) #2 Mississippi State 75, #3 WASHINGTON 64 (Oklahoma City) #3 Florida State 66, #2 OREGON STATE 53 (Stockton) ELITE EIGHT (Regional) #1 UConn 90, #10 OREGON 52 (Bridgeport) #2 STANFORD 76, #1 Notre Dame 75 (Lexington) NCAA WOMEN'S FINAL FOUR - INDIANAPOLIS #1 South Carolina 62, #2 STANFORD 53 WNIT UC Davis 72, UTAH 62 (First Round) COLORADO 66, UNLV 52 (First Round) WASHINGTON STATE 72, BYU 64 (First Round) COLORADO 81, South Dakota State 75 (Second Round) WASHINGTON STATE 68, Wyoming 67 (Second Round) Iowa 80, COLORADO 62 (Third Round) WASHINGTON STATE 71, UC Davis 62 (Third Round) WASHINGTON STATE 74, Iowa 66 (Quarterfinals) Georgia Tech 69, WASHINGTON STATE 61 (Semifinal) FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR Sabrina Ionescu Oregon DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Gabriella Hanson Oregon State JOHN R. WOODEN COACH OF THE YEAR Scott Ruek, OSU FINAL NATIONAL RANKINGS AP WBCA Stanford 6 6 Oregon State 8 8 Washington 12 11 UCLA 15 14 Arizona State RV RV Oregon RV POSTSEASON RESULTS 2016-17 PAC-12 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL FINAL STANDINGS Conference Overall W L PCT H A W L PCT H A N STREAK LAST 5 TOP 10 TOP 25 Oregon State ^@ 16 2 .889 8-1 8-1 31 5 .861 16-2 8-1 7-2 L1 8-2 3-0 4-2 Stanford *@ 15 3 .833 7-2 8-1 32 6 .842 12-3 11-2 9-1 L1 9-1 2-1 2-2 Washington @ 15 3 .833 8-1 7-2 29 6 .829 18-1 11-3 0-2 L1 8-2 1-3 4-4 UCLA @ 13 5 .722 9-0 4-5 25 9 .735 16-0 6-7 3-2 L1 6-4 4-3 6-3 Arizona State @ 9 9 .500 5-4 4-5 20 13 .606 11-4 6-7 3-2 L1 5-5 0-4 3-8 Oregon @ 8 10 .444 4-5 4-5 23 14 .639 10-5 7-6 5-3 L1 5-5 0-3 3-6 California @ 6 12 .333 3-6 3-6 20 14 .588 10-6 5-6 5-2 L1 4-6 1-3 1-6 Washington State & 6 12 .333 4-3 2-9 16 20 .444 9-7 5-10 2-3 L1 6-4 1-4 1-8 Utah & 5 13 .278 2-7 3-6 16 15 .516 9-8 6-6 1-1 L3 2-8 0-3 1-8 Colorado & 5 13 .278 4-5 1-8 17 16 .515 12-6 5-9 0-1 L1 4-6 0-3 2-10 USC 5 14 .263 4-5 1-8 14 17 .452 8-6 4-9 2-0 L5 4-6 1-4 3-8 Arizona 5 14 .263 3-6 2-7 14 16 .467 9-7 5-8 0-1 L1 4-6 0-3 1-9 * Pac-12 regular-season champions; ^ Pac-12 Tournament Champion; @ NCAA Final Four participant; % NCAA Tournament participant; ! WNIT participaent PLAYER OF THE YEAR Kelsey Plum Washington • No. 1 RPI in the country by the Pac-12 for the second year in a row. • 1 consensus national player of the year in Washing- ton's Kelsey Plum. • 1 national freshman of the year for the second year in a row, OREGON's Sabrina Ionescu earning the honor from the USBWA. • 1 NCAA Final Four teams for the ninth time in 10 years as Stanford advanced. • 2 WBCA All-Americans in Washington's Kelsey Plum and Chantel Osahor. • 3 Pac-12 players named AP All-American and an- other four earning honorable mention. • 4 WNBA Draft picks. • 5 NCAA Sweet 16 teams for the first time in Pac-12 history and a combined nine for the last two years. • 4 Pac-12 teams ranked in the final Associated Press poll, for the second-straight year. • 7 NCAA Tournament bids, a Pac-12 record, with Pac-12 teams going undefeated in the first round for the second-straight year. • 5 Pac-12 teams ranked in the final USA Today/ WBCA poll for the second-straight year. • 9 NCAA Tournament wins after the first weekend, tying the Pac-12 record for most tournament wins in a season. • 15 NCAA Tournament wins in 2017, a Pac-12 re- cord. • 21 postseason wins by Pac-12 teams, six coming in the WNIT • 30th-consecutive year and 31th overall Stanford has earned a NCAA Tournament bid. • 1,000 career-wins achieved by Stanford's Tara VanDerveer, making her just the third men's or women's basketball coach in NCAA history to reach the milestone. • 3,527 points scored by Washington's Kelsey Plum to break the NCAA's all-time scoring record.